French Antique Granite Stone Mill used as Bench

A curved French antique granite bench cut from an antique millstone in pale gray and warm taupe granite, raised on two base blocks to make a freestanding seat. The seat is smooth from wear; the raised backrest and the supporting blocks keep a rugged, heavily pitted exterior flecked with dark granite peppering.

It measures 67 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 24 inches high; the seat is 13 inches deep, and the height divides into a 13 inch mill section on 11 inch blocks. It came from an agricultural mill in France and it weighs enough to stay exactly where it is set through wind and weather. The tall rear section gives real back support and cuts the breeze.

The arc angles people toward a center, which avoids the stiff lines of ordinary patio seating; it wraps a fire pit or a round garden table and, set between a lounging area and a planted bed, works as a low dividing wall without any new masonry. This stone garden bench has sold. We usually have another antique millstone or a similar granite seat in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.